Oligopoly or contestable markets in the UK package tour industry?

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 379-388

  Taylor, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET COMPETITION; MODELLING APPROACH; OLIGOPOLY; RICARDIAN MODEL; TRAVEL INDUSTRY;

UK;

EID: 0030449032     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069600000034     Document Type: Article

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